Carton



Patented Aug. 10, 1937 PATENT OFFICE 2,089,694 CARTON Fallert, St.

Louis, Mm, assignor, by

mesne assignments, to Gaylord Container Corporation, Maryland St. Louis,

Mo., a corporation of Application November 6, 1935, Serial No. 48,489

v 1 Claim.

My invention relates to a carton and particularly to a one-piece carton formed of fiberboard or other bendable material suitable for storing and shipping bottled beer or similar merchandise.

The object of my invention is to provide a carton of the class referred to which will notonly be simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture but which will be strong and rigid, and more particularly to provide simple and ef- 10 fective means for reinforcing the ends of the carton.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one form of carton made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sec- 15 tion; Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the carton is made; and Figure 4. is a section through one end of the carton,

taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

The carton is formed from a single sheet of fiberboard or similar material stamped out in the form shown inFlgure 3. This blank is divided by longitudinal crease lines I into a central strip and two similar lateral strips. The central strip 5 is divided by transverse crease lines 2 and 3 into a bottom panel 4, a pair of side panels 5 and a pair of cover panels 6. The cover panels are each divided by transverse crease lines 1 and 8 into a side cover flange 9 and, a flange lining 30 strip I0. Carried by each of the cover panels are a pair of end flanges I I terminating in tongues I2. The lateral strips are each divided by slots I3 into a,central end panel I4 carried by the bottom panel 4, and two end panels i5 carried 35 by the side panels 5., Each of the panels I4 and' I5 are provided with a hand-hole I6 and the panels I5 with a slot I1 so positioned that the holes and slots will be aligned when the panels I5 are superimposed upon the panel I4.

To form the carton from panels 5 are first bent up at the blank the side right-angles to the bottom panel 4. The end panels I5 are now bent over at right-angles to the side panels 5 and the end panels I4 bent up against them, after which the end panels are secured together by staples I8 or other suitable fastening means. Each end of the carton is thus formed of three-ply material providing a very strong and rigid structure. The cover flanges 9 and I I are now bent over at rightangles to the cover panels 6, the tongues I2 bent over against the inner faces of the flanges 9, and finally the lining strips II] are folded over parallel with the flanges 9 enclosing the tongues I2 between the two parts and are secured in position by staples I9. Each of the cover panels is thus provided with a depending flange adapted to enter the slots in the upper edges of the ends in a manner similar to that shown in my prior application Serial No. 14,008 flied April 1, 1935.

The side strips ofthe blank are of less width than the depth of the carton as determined by the width of the side panels 5. Due to this, the inner plies of the ends formed by the panels I5 project above the outer ply formed by panels I4. Recesses are thus provided for the reception of cover flanges II so that they may abut against the edges of the outer ply to produce a carton with flush ends. I

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: I

A carton comprising integral bottom, side and cover panels, a pair of end panels carried by the bottom panel, a pair of end panels carried oy each side panel and each provided with a slot, said latter-named end panels overlapping and projecting above said first-named end panels, and flanges on abutting the edges of the first-named end panels and entering the slots in they second-named end panels.

CLIFFORD D. FALLERT.

the cover panels, said flanges 

